Midnight in the Holy City   Playground for restless souls   Graveyards for the sons of Fort Sumpter   And the ghostly daughters   Wait for their boys to come home      Moonlight in the Holy City   So thick it warms the air   I burned my heart on a sweet southern flame   Like a hug from your mama saying it will be okay      Spilled my blood, in the Holy City   Seen the flood of a thousand rains   Ran away from the Holy City   Heard the spirits in the steeple singing   You'll be back again, you'll be back, brother      Sunrise in the Holy City   The kings and queens shuffle by   I'm born here of my own ashes   Just lay me down there when I die      Spilled my blood, in the Holy City   Seen the flood of a thousand rains   I ran away from the Holy City   Heard the spirits in the steeple singing   You'll be back   You'll be back again someday      I've seen visions, Lord I've seen visions   Hanging in the summer sky   Fell in love, lost my heart   Laughed until I cried      In the Holy City   In the Holy City   In the Holy City   I heard the spirits in the steeple   Singing you'll be back, you'll be back again someday   In the Holy City